NEC Argentina, a subsidiary of Japanese technology company NEC, has announced its selection of Smartmatic, a technology company serving government needs, as a partner in a project involving the registration of Bolivian voters. The new project comes as a result of a new Bolivian law requiring the use of biometrics for registration of the expected […]

Suprema, a developer of biometric systems, has been tapped to provide the Brazilian government with a fingerprint solution. The solution comes as part of an overhaul of the country’s voting and voter registration systems. The decision to utilize the RealScan-D fingerprint scanners from Suprema was made by the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court. Officials from the […]

The Salesian College in Pallaskenry, Limerick County, Ireland may have its fingerprint system that is used for taking attendance at the beginning of the school day and following lunch removed due to it not being in accordance with data protection legislation, according to an Irish Examiner article. The school and the Data Protection Commission (DPC) […]

Technology as a cultural lever By Dennis L. Gavin MBA, PMPCGN and Associates Illinois is unique among states because it has deployed an enterprise-level PKI that is cross-certified with the Federal Bridge. While this is a major accomplishment, it is only one component in the state’s quest to develop a federally interoperable credential. Technology is […]

Oberthur Technologies SA and Comex Electronics AB have agreed to a strategic partnership that will boost companies’ business activities in the market of authentication and logon systems with smart card solutions. Oberthur will provide products and services in smart cards and Comex will include Oberthur Technologies products and services in their solutions with card readers […]

Entrust Inc. announced that it has deployed second-generation e-passport architecture, also known as Extended Access Control (EAC), for the Slovak Republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Entrust EAC e-passport solution in Slovak Republic is deployed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs facility in the country’s capital of Bratislava, as well as 72 consular posts around […]

By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, Avisian Publications From managing the comings and goings at an event like the Academy Awards to making sure high school students are where they’re supposed to be, ID management systems have come a long way this decade. ID systems now are being used to monitor individuals at events, attendance at […]

Verayo, a security and authentication solutions provider, announced it has partnered with Bartronics India Limited, one of India’s largest bar code and RFID technology companies, to bring their RFID wares to the Indian market. With the partnership, Bartronics will incorporate Verayo’s Unclonable RFID chip in its tags. Verayo’s RFID chip is based on silicon biometric […]

Lockheed Martin, a developer of various security technologies, has successfully completed the critical design review for a biometrics system being designed for the FBI as part of their Next Generation Identification Program (NGI). The fingerprint technology being incorporated into the NGI system is being provided by biometrics developer MorphoTrak. Lockheed has been working on the […]

Interswitch, an electronic transaction and payment processing company, has teamed up with Precise Biometrics, a developer of biometric solutions, to deliver Match-on-Card technology to the African banking industry, according to a Vanguard Nigeria article. The partnership has already yielded one project which provides licenses for the product in 42 billion in Nigerian currency. The partnership […]